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108 Wooden Dummy Form
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The wooden dummy is a training device that acts as a substitute for a live training partner. The movements on the dummy have been organized by Yip man into two versions. The earliest had 108 movements and the later version has 116 movements. The original dummy was just planted into the ground. The later indoor dummy was the suspended kind shown in the photo. There is also a two people version of the dummy which is known as "the live dummy." Some people also use this term to distinguish the suspended dummy from the dummy that was like a stake planted into the ground. Yip Man taught the two people version when there wasn't a wooden dummy yet. The Cheung brothers built the first wooden dummy for Yip man. For more information on dummy construction and dummy use click here: more about the wooden dummy. |
| Section 1: Tan sau + Neck hit |
10 movements |
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Start with a left hand forward (Man sau) and right hand in the guarding position (Wu sau). Turn towards the left and apply a left Palm up hand (Tan sau) and right neck hit. Now do a double pull, pulling the arm and the dummy neck. Do a right Wing hand (Bong sau) and left Guarding hand (Wu sau). Now circle step around the dummy leg and then jamb the dummy leg with your right leg while applying a left low palm strike and right high palm strike. Now step out and do a left high and right low chop to the upper and lower dummy arms. This is called a Gan sau. Now repeat with a left Bong sau and right Wu sau facing towards the right. Now circle step around the dummy leg with your left leg and then jamb the dummy leg with your left leg while applying a right low palm strike and left high palm strike. Now step out and do a right high and left low chop to the upper and lower dummy arms. Now face square while applying a right circling hand together with a left high outside Gan sau followed by a center to center high vertical palm strike. Now do a double jerking hand (Jut sau) to the dummy arms followed by a double uplifting palm (Tok sau). |
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| Section 2: Tan sau + Neck hit |
10 movements |
| Start with a right hand forward (Man sau) and left hand in the guarding position (Wu sau). Turn towards the right and apply a right Palm up hand (Tan sau) and left neck hit. Now do a double pull, pulling the arm and the dummy neck. Do a left Wing hand (Bong sau) and right Guarding hand (Wu sau). Now circle step around the dummy leg and then jamb the dummy leg with your left leg while applying a right low palm strike and left high palm strike. Now step out and do a right high and left low chop to the upper and lower dummy arms. This is called a Gan sau. Now repeat with a right Bong sau and left Wu sau facing towards the left. Now circle step around the dummy leg with your right leg and then jamb the dummy leg with your right leg while applying a left low palm strike and right high palm strike. Now step out and do a left high and right low chop to the upper and lower dummy arms. Now face square while applying a left circling hand together with a right high outside Gan sau followed by a center to center low palm strike. Now do a double jerking hand (Jut sau) to the dummy arms followed by a double uplifting palm (Tok sau). | |
| Section 3: Pak sau |
10 movements |
| Start with a right hand forward and a left hand in the guarding position. Do three inside slapping hands (Pak sau) starting with the right hand. Turn a little for each strike. Do a left outside Controlling hand (Fook sau) followed by a left horizontal neck chop. Now square up the stance and do a left Sinking sink (Jum sau) at the same time as applying a right low center punch. Do a right outside Fook sau followed by a right horizontal neck chop. Now square up the stance and do a right Sinking hand at the same time as applying a low center punch. Do a double Jerking hands followed by double Uplifting hands. | |
| Section 4: Tok sau |
10 movements |
| Start with a right hand forward ready position. Apply a right hand high and left hand low under the arms Tok sau or uplifting palms while turning towards the left. Now apply a Kwun sau with the left hand in the high Tan sau position and the right hand in the low Bong sau position. Then circle step around the leg with your right leg and do a right low chop to the dummy side and a left high Pak sau to the dummy arm. Then do a low side kick to the dummy body with your right leg. Now step out again and do a left hand high and right hand low Gan sau. Now repeat on the other side and just end with a double upward Uplifting palm (Tok sau) underneath the dummy arms. | |
| Section 5: Double Fook sau |
10 movements |
| Start with the right hand forward ready position. Do a double outside Fook sau. Turn towards the right and do a right circling hand and left high Gan sau. Then turn left and do a left high circling hand and right high Gan sau. Then turn right with a right high circling hand and left high Gan sau. Then face square and do a vertical right outside to center palm hit and left high Sinking hand (Jum sau). Now turn towards the left with a left high circling hand and a right high Gan sau. Then turn right with a right high circling hand and left high Gan sau. Turn left with a left high circling hand and right high Gan sau. Then do a left low rib strike to the dummy body combined with a right high sinking hand. Square up the stance at the same time. End with the double Jerking hands and double uplifting palms underneath the dummy arms. | |
| Section 6: Low Gum sau |
10 movements |
| Start with the right hand forward ready position. Turn to the left and do a right hand low Presing hand (Gum sau). Then turn to the right and do a right hand high Palm up hand (Tan sau). Then turn to the left and do a right hand high Wing hand (Bong sau). The other hand is in the guarding position (Wu sau) for all three movements. Then step to the outside and do a right front kick to the dummy side and at the same time do a left Pak sau to the dummy arm and and right neck hit to the dummy body. Then step down and do a right Gan sau. Then do a left low Pressing hand (Gum sau) and left high Palm up hand (Tan sau) and a left high Bong sau. Turn each time. This section of the dummy is to practice turning. Now step outside of the dummy and do a simultaneous left front kick to the dummy body combined with a right high Slapping hand (Pak sau) and right neck hit. Then step down and do a left Gan sau. End with the double uplifting pals (Tok sau). | |
| Section 7: High Inside Fook sau |
10 movements |
| Start with the right hand forward ready position. This section practices the Po Pai or holding a board movement. It is the high and low palm strikes. Do right high inside Fook sau to the right dummy arm followed by a right high inside Fook sau to the left dummy arm, followed by a right high Fook sau to the right dummy arm. Now do a right Circling hand (Huen sau) leading into a circle step to the left with a left hand high and right hand low Po Pai movement (High and Low palm strike). Then step back out and do a Kwun sau followed by a squaring of the stance and a Po Pai movement to the dummy body. Then do a left high inside Fook sau to the left dummy arm. Then do a left high Circling hand leading to a circle step and left had low and right hand high Po Pai movement. Then follow with a left Kwun sau (Left high Tan sau and right low Bong sau). Then square the stance and do a Po Pai movement and end with the double upward Tok sau. | |
| Section 8: High Bong sau |
10 movements |
| Start with the right hand forward ready position. Turn towards he left with a high right Bong sau. Circle step with the right foot and do a Po Pai movement to the dummy's right side. Then step out again with a Kwun sau and then do a right hand high and left hand low Po Pai (double palm strike). Now do a left hand high Bong sau while turned towards the right. Circle step with the left foot and do a left hand low and right hand high Po Pai. Then step out again and do a left Kwun sau. Then do a double high Fook sau followed by a double Circling hand (Huen sau) and do a double low palm strike to the sides of the dummy. Immediately bring the hands up the centre to do a double neck hit to the dummy. Then follow with a double downward Jerking hand followed by a double uplifting palm strike. | |
| Section 9: Low Bong sau |
10 movements |
| Start with the right hand forward ready position. Do a right low Bong sau and turn left. Follow with a righ high center palm strike with the stance square. Follow with a left low Bong sau and turn right. Follow with a left hand high vertical palm strike. Follow with a right high Bong sau and turn left. Do a double poking hand followed by a left kick to the heart with the left foot while doing a double grabbing hand (Lap sau). There are many kicking and sweeping variations possible here. Then step down with a right Gan sau. Then do a left hand high Bong sau. Now do a double high Poking hand follow with a right foot kick through the heart and a double grabbing or pulling hand. Step down and do a right Gan sau. The finish with the double uplifting palms which is always the last movement (but not part of the count!). | |
| Section 10: High Bong sau |
18 movements |
| Start with the right hand forward ready position. Do a right high Bong sau followed by a right circling step, a right hand pull and horizontal chop to the dummy neck, followed by a right upward palm neck strike combined with a left Slapping hand to the dummy arm. Then step out again with a left Gan sau. Now do a left hand high Bong sau. Do a circle step with the left foot, a left grabbing hand combined with a right horizontal neck chop. Follow with a left palm up neck strike combined with a right Slapping hand. Step back again with a left Gan sau. Do a right upward kick combined with the double uplifting palms. Now scrape down the dummy leg for a foot stomp. Then do a right Gan sau followed by the upward palms (Tok sau). | |